VODetails: ‘Struck By Lightning’

VODetails: 'Struck By Lightning'

More and more films premiere on Video on Demand — if they don't simply bypass a theatrical release altogether. Because VOD reviews are often scarce and hard to find, Criticwire created VODetails, a recurring column to help you figure out whether a new VOD release is worth your hard-earned dollar. This time we're looking at "Struck By Lightning," a high school overachiever's attempt to blackmail his peers into helping him start a literary magazine, nota documentary about the Tampa Bay Lightning and their franchise's history of hard-hitting defensemen.

Director:Brian Dannelly

Cast: Chris Colfer, Rebel Wilson, Christina Hendricks

Official Synopsis: "High school senior Carson Phillips (Colfer) was destined for bigger things than his close-minded small town could ever offer. He was on a path to greatness, but destiny had a different plan when he was suddenly killed by a bolt of lightning in his school parking lot. Demonstrating that life is what happens while you’re busy planning your future, Carson recounts the last few weeks of his life via witty, insightful flashbacks, including a blackmail scheme targeting the popular kids in school that he concocts with his best friend (Wilson) and a home life that includes a mother (Allison Janney) who’s more interested in the bottle than her son’s future and an estranged father (Dermot Mulroney) who suddenly appears with a pregnant fiancée (Hendricks)."

Comments

Stephanie
May 13, 2016 1:03 pm

I really enjoyed this movie. And was left feeling both saddened and energized when it was over. The cast was excellent and the dialogue was biting and sarcastically witty. The messages conveyed by this debut film are still with me and (I hope) continue to be so: Never give up on your dreams, no matter what life throws at you, for one.